The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-06-11
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For County Treasurer.
MATTHEW WHITE,
or South Ottawa.
Current Events.

VIM. A. Wheeler died AT his home IL
Malone, n. Y, Saturday last. He served
as Vice President of the |. : during the
II. b. Hayes administration or interreg
mum; and since his retirement from the Of
fee to which Thomas A. Hendricks was
elected, he enjoyed the oblivion which his
colleague in the chair Of Samuel j. TildeI
continues TO enjoy. Mr.. Wheeler was 8
man of considerable ability and attain
ments, but his unfortunate connection with
the republican usurpation of 49,, con
signed him In 1881 TO a political obscurity
even greater than what Is usually the lot OF
retiring Vice Presidents.
On Saturday night there was meeting
In New York of several thousand working
men Of the Henry George McGlynn persu.
aslon, which vas gotten up with the pur.
pose of doing honor 10 Editor O'Brien; but
that gentleman refused TO take part in the
affair, on that ground that the cause he
represented should in no wise be mixed up
with any other question Of politics, Euro
pean or American, and that he could not
In justice to his cause, accept any mark of
favor from any American organization that
did not have for It's sole purpose the serv.
ing of the Irish cause. He found that II
was the purpose of the meeting not only to
express sympathy for ireland, but also to
characterize the Irish movement as one
similar to the George movement in Ameri-
ca to abolish private property In land.
His refusal to attend the meeting caused
not little had feeling and evoked a good
many uncompl ELEMENTARY remarks, especial
ly from DIR. McGlynn. On Sunday the
al 4 oh IN, uIn I,,ti,
denouncing O'Brien! On the other hand,
at a branch meeting ofthe National League
ex-senator Grady made a speech commend
ing o Brien's action. lreland's cause, he
SAID, should he mixed up with no other
no other conflicting element should be al
lowed to come 10. He was loudly applaud.
ed. The Labor Union appear 10 have over.
shot the mark for on Tuesday evening one
of the most brilliant banquets ever given
an Irish leader or champion was given Mr.
O'Brien at the Hoffman House, New York
by the League. On Wednesday with Mr.
Kilbide, he sailed for Queenstown
Evictions continue In Bodyke, Ireland,
but are resisted, and tenants are removed
only by force of arms.
On Tuesday Michael Davitt issued an
appeal to Americans for aid to resistance
on the ground that these evictions mean
forced emigration of paupers to America
He says: "The working men in America,
In their own interest, should protest against
this pauper labor vote being forced upon
their market. | would suggest that dep
utation Of the friends Of our cause and the
Knights of Labor walt upon the President
of the United States aud invite his atien-
ton to England's policy In driving thou.
sands of our people every week from Ire
land to the States, Humanity and enight.
ened self interest unite In urging America
to action In this matter. We want means
70 succor the evicted and make some
recompense to the imprisoned who saCri'
gee their liberty In resistance to injustice,
Bodyke Is fighting the battle of Ireland"
The Legislature has passed the riot bill
holding cities and counties responsible for
damages suffered TO the ertent of three.
Durths the value of property destroyed,
cities and counties having right 10 coun.
ter actions against the persons who partici
pate In riots.
The amendment 10 the militia bill 70
give the first brigade Chicago of the Ma
tional Guards a camp near Chicago, was
put to third reading, and will doubtless
pass the House, auu Is on Its second read.
ing In the Senate.
The House insolvent debtors measure,
or, as 1t is more commonly known, Chap
man" bill, passed the Senate Wednesday,
and II motion to reconsider fails the bill
will go to the governor. BY this bill an
insolvent debtor can not be imprisoned
greater period than six months. The main
Incentive TO the passage of the bill, OF so
alleged, Is to secure the release of one Tie.
man b. Chapman, now In Jail at Chicago,
and kept there by the payment of his
board by the United States Express com.
pany, from whom he embezzled money, a
part OF which was recovered. There was
no little opposition to the measure, and
Senator Crawford sought to amend by the
addition OF a provision that the act should
not apply 10 cases when the debt was In
consequence Of money stolen or smbezzled
unless the party should make restitution or
tell what he did with the funds, but the
Senate refused so 70 amend the bill Mrs
Chapman, wife OF the imprisoned husband
lobbied earnestly for the measure, and a
great mahy of the votes obtained were
through sympathy for her.
Parts of California and Nevada were Wis
tied by an earthquake shock on Friday last,
the cities of Sacramento, Carson City, Ne.